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ARFF trainee charged with helping Guillermin flee police custody

December 18, 2025• Local News

A CO-DEFENDANT in the case against Jeremy Guillermin has been charged with accessory after the fact and obstructing justice for helping Guillermin escape police custody on the night of his arrest.
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FY 2026 budget revision up for action

December 18, 2025• Local News

THE House of Representatives and the Senate will convene on Monday to act on Gov. David M. Apatang’s recommendation to revise the fiscal year 2026 spending measure.
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Rep. Yumul: Community input key to casino legislation

December 17, 2025• Local News

THE House Committee on Gaming will take comments from “a wide spectrum of people” on the administration’s proposed amendment to the casino law, committee chair Rep. Ralph N. Yumul said Wednesday.
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Governor requests above-cap pay for Corrections PA

December 17, 2025• Local News

GOVERNOR David M. Apatang on Monday issued an above-salary-cap certification proposing an annual salary of $104,000 for Keith Longuski to serve as a physician assistant at the Department of Corrections.
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American Samoa Said “No.” The CNMI Must Decide What Future We Are Willingto Accept.

December 10, 2025• Editorials

When American Samoa overwhelmingly rejected deep-sea mining earlier this year, many believed their position would be decisive. But despite...
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Laws can’t change the math

December 4, 2025• Editorials

Until a new major industry comes in, settles down, and thrives, tourism will remain the islands’ “bread and butter” — even as others chase economic ponies and rainbows.
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Define irony

November 27, 2025• Editorials

DESPITE the CNMI’s dismal state, there are still some things to be thankful for, including a leadership that is not willfully blind to the economic reality staring us in the face for the past few years.
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Incidentally, November is Education Month

November 21, 2025• Editorials

WHILE the Public School System faces its gravest financial crisis, the Board of Education’s five elected members can’t even hold a meeting.
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Letters

Where is honesty or decency?

December 14, 2025• Letters to the Editor

YOU all have no respect for yourselves or your own family. It is astonishing how crafty and clever you are in abusing my elderly mother,...
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The people were misled: Public Law 23-27 is being ignored (marijuana testing)

December 14, 2025• Letters to the Editor

PUBLIC Law 23‑27, enacted by the 23rd Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature and signed by the late Gov. Arnold Palacios on Oct. 2, 2024, was clear and unambiguous: “pre‑employment drug testing for government positions in the CNMI shall not include testing for the presence of marijuana for non–…
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Opinions

When the Covenant is questioned, so is our future

December 15, 2025• Columnists

WHEN the Covenant is questioned, it is not just a document under review. It is our history, our trauma, and the protections our elders fought for being weighed once again.
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Truth 155 Evolution – Culture & Our New Brand!

December 15, 2025• Columnists

THE Truth is, some do not want to hear this TRUTH, but denial is NOT going to create a better future. Evolution is an All-Powerful & Inevitable Phenomenon and those who “embrace evolution & control-change are the ones who benefit the most (prosper).”
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Business

Warner Bros likely to reject $108.4 billion Paramount bid, back Netflix in bidding war, sources say

December 17, 2025• Business News

(Reuters) — Warner Bros Discovery’s board could announce a decision as early as Wednesday on Paramount Skydance’s $108.4 billion takeover bid, with the board likely to advise shareholders to vote against the offer, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Jimmy Lai remains beacon of Hong Kong press freedom, say ex-colleagues awaiting his sentencing

December 17, 2025• Regional, World

HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) — Several former colleagues of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai at the Apple Daily newspaper reacted with dismay at his national security conviction, fearing Lai and other former staffers may be given a heavy sentence but saying he remains an inspiration.
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Trump orders ‘blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela

December 17, 2025• National

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington’s latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro’s government, targeting its main source of income.
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